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Politics | Farmworkers Rights
2009-07-04: Headlines
OregonLive.com: Near perfect weather brings farmers and fruit lovers a Jubilee ... 2009-07-04
But growers worry about their legal exposure from employing illegal immigrants who present false documents -- up to 70 percent of all farm worker ...
New California Media: At Nearly 80, SÃ, Dolores Huerta Can 2009-07-04
Dolores Huerta will be forever linked with Cesar Chavez and Philip Vera Cruz as a co-founder of the United Farm Workers Union (UFW) in the 1960s.
Alberta Express: Editors' Picks: H1N1 crossover suspected in Argentina 2009-07-04
"Our theory is that the pigs were infected by the farm workers who had had flu symptoms a week before the pigs started to show symptoms," Reuters quoted ...
Post-Bulletin: For some, going organic is more than just a fad 2009-07-04
The day before McConnell bought her produce, four farm workers sat or squatted in an open field along a row of spinach. Leaf by leaf they picked the spinach ...
The Week: Great Indian bride bazaar 2009-07-04
The worst hit by the dowry system are Brahmin farmers and educated families from other castes whose farms were ruined because of shortage of farm worker ...
KETV.com: Workers Prepare For Record-Breaking Concert 2009-07-03
LINCOLN, Neb. -- Hundreds of workers in Lincoln spent Friday preparing the largest venue ever to hold a stand-up comedy concert. Nebraska native and Husker ...
Business Day: Zuma calls for Africa agri-forum 2009-07-03
Zuma was speaking at the 13th ordinary session of the African Union (AU) summit at Sirte in Libya. In his speech, e-mailed to Business Day, Zuma said ...
Seattle Times: Immigration initiative will not make Nov. ballot 2009-07-03
The area's vast agricultural industry has attracted Hispanic farm workers for decades. Respect Washington tried to use inserts in newspapers to widen their ...
Manteca Bulletin: Baccilieri back in swing of things 2009-07-03
It is where Caser Chavez camped overnight with his followers in the early days of the farm workers movement after marching to Manteca and giving a speech ...
Irish Times: Zimbabwe's law of the land 2009-07-03
... as those who get the land rarely farm it, which has left hundreds of thousands of farm workers unemployed and the population reliant on food aid.
CBS 4: Carvalho Meeting With Parents Over Program Closure 2009-07-03
Tirso Moreno of the Farm Workers Association of Florida says, "Funding is there from Dade County Schools! Why not leave it there?" CBS4 Reporter Natalia Ze ...
Zimbabwe Independent: Delinquency Condemns 'rebranding' to Failure 2009-07-03
They particularly liked the solidarity shown by the farm workers with their employers. The criminal brutality of the events at Mt Carmel Farm exposes ...
Wairarapa Times Age: Councillor accused in bribe scandal 2009-07-03
She had assumed Mr Goodwin and Mr Peterson were farm workers accompanying Mr McKenzie but "it seemed she was lured to the meeting under false pretences".
Weekly Alibi: American consumers and growers are left in the dust as China goe ... 2009-07-03
Consumers buy organic for several reasons: lighter environmental impact, cleaner and safer working conditions for farmworkers, and the perceived health ...
Stockton Record: Grand jury may get Cantu case 2009-07-03
Farm workers found the girl's body 10 days later, stuffed in a suitcase and dumped in a dairy pond two miles north of the mobile home park.
2009-07-03: Headlines
Stockton Record: Grand jury may get Cantu case 2009-07-03
Farm workers found the girl's body 10 days later, stuffed in a suitcase and dumped in a dairy pond two miles north of the mobile home park.
Business Day: Zuma calls for Africa agri-forum 2009-07-03
Zuma was speaking at the 13th ordinary session of the African Union (AU) summit at Sirte in Libya. In his speech, e-mailed to Business Day, Zuma said ...
Wairarapa Times Age: Councillor accused in bribe scandal 2009-07-03
She had assumed Mr Goodwin and Mr Peterson were farm workers accompanying Mr McKenzie but "it seemed she was lured to the meeting under false pretences".
The Daily News Online: Editorial: Farm 'omnibust' bill 2009-07-02
Farmers -- and farm workers -- understand and appreciate that. People who don't understand and appreciate that should not be making labor and benef ...
Contra Costa Times: Housing needs workshop scheduled for next week 2009-07-02
... high-housing cost burdens, housing needs for farm workers and the housing needs generated by the presence of Humboldt State University.
Daily Kos: Reality: 1 In 5 Are Jobless/Underemployed; Everyone's Affected 2009-07-02
Unemployment there is notoriously high because of many seasonal farm workers without jobs. Following behind were: Yuma, Ariz., with a jobless rate of 23.3%;
Reuters: Argentine workers suspected of passing flu to pigs 2009-07-02
"Our theory is that the pigs were infected by the farm workers who had had flu symptoms a week before the pigs started to show symptoms," the Argentine ...
Working Waterfront: Housing blocked, group charges discrimination 2009-07-02
Pinkham is also the chief of police and the town's civil rights officer, but he says he had no working knowledge of the grant, in the same interview.
Monterey County Herald: Hundreds rally in Salinas for immigration reform 2009-07-02
... legislators) decided that this immigration reform is one of the most important topics," United Farm Workers President Arturo Rodr'guez said Wednesday.
FoodBizDaily.com (press release): New Product: "New Origins" Chocolate Bar by Chuao Chocolatier 2009-07-02
... cacao,“ “The Chuao Farm Workers Company- a collective of forty partners- share the deed & title for the plantation's 200 hectares,” says Antonorsi.
Campus Progress: The Aftermath of the DC Metro Crash 2009-07-02
The Exotic Dancers Alliance's snarky “Like an orgy, it only works if there's a lot of us” cohabitates with the grim United Farm Workers (UFW) poster of ...
Durango Telegraph: The Independent Weekly Line on Durango and Beyond 2009-07-02
Consumers buy organic for several reasons, including lighter environmental impact, cleaner and safer working conditions for farm workers, and the perceived ...
Zimbabwe Times: Pioneer farm invaders now live in poverty 2009-07-02
Farm workers are driven away from their homesteads ahead of an invasion by war veterans on a white-owned farm in Karoi, 200 km west of Harare in April ...
Kaiser Health News: New Kind of Film Noir: Health Care 2009-07-02
For instance, the makers of “Food, Inc.” have put forth an agenda, “Hungry for Change,” that calls for stronger laws to protect farm workers and discourage ...
KMPH Fox 26: Thousands Turn out at Fresno City Hall to March for Water 2009-07-02
"When we run out of food in this country, we're going to be at the mercy of every rogue nation, every dictator. This is not a joke anymore," Patty Rosendahl ...
SanFranciscoSentinel.com: SAN FRANCISCO MAYOR GAVIN NEWSOM ONE OF A CROWD OF COLORFUL ... 2009-07-02
Brown has ties to Hispanic leaders that date back to his work in the 1970s with César Chávez and the United Farm Workers. Villaraigosa's exit from the scene ...
KSEE: Rally for water in downtown Fresno 2009-07-02
Politicians, farmers, farm workers, and business people all called for federal and state officials to relax environmental rules, provide more money ...
Gazette Newspapers: Spit & Argue Club 2009-07-02
We see the perversion of this in the San Joaquin Valley, where 68000 farm workers are out of work, draining public assistance funds, and thousands of acre ...
The Salinas Californian: Salinas residents say they are tired of waiting for immigration reform 2009-07-02
His request was answered locally by the Salinas Valley Coalition for Immigration Reform, formed by the United Farm Workers Union and Monterey County ...
LubbockOnline.com: Farm worker critical after being hit by truck 2009-07-02
Ybarra was picking zucchini with other farm workers when he was hit, said Lorenzo Hernandez, a witness driving by when the crash occurred.
News Today Online: Neg. Occ. to give rice subsidy to sugar farm workers 2009-07-02
By Bobby J. Mahadali BACOLOD CITY – The provincial government of Negros Occidental will release P15 million worth of rice subsidy to sugar farm worker ...
WSHM-TV: Springfield Police Officer Headed to Jail 2009-07-02
Buzzell was found guilty of stealing money from three tobacco farm workers during a 2008 traffic stop. Matos was found not guilty of the same crime.
Fiji Times: Humans at low risk 2009-07-02
"We are advising all farm workers, farm hands, livestock officers, to have their blood screened. The disease may have been circulating within our farming ...
Reliable Plant Magazine: American unemployment rate little changed at 9.5% 2009-07-02
Non-farm payroll employment continued to decline in June (-467000), and the unemployment rate was little changed at 9.5 percent, the US Department ...
CBS 4: Disadvantaged Kids Shut Out Of Free School Program 2009-07-02
Tirso Moreno of the Farm Workers Association of Florida says, "Funding is there from Dade County Schools! Why not leave it there?" CBS4 Reporter Natalia Ze ...
Fresno Bee: Rally for water rights hits downtown Fresno 2009-07-02
AG Kawamura, secretary of the California Department of Food and Agriculture and a speaker at the rally, empathized with Valley farmworker ...
2009-07-02: Headlines
The Daily News Online: Editorial: Farm 'omnibust' bill 2009-07-02
Farmers -- and farm workers -- understand and appreciate that. People who don't understand and appreciate that should not be making labor and benef ...
Bakersfield Californian: Fish over families? 2009-07-02
Don't be silent, Inga -- many more agree with you than support the rights of a 2-inch fish. Say what you will, tree huggers, but that fish is costing ...
Press-Enterprise: Local Business briefs - 7/02 2009-07-02
... Escondido-based Joel Salazar Farm Labor and Coachella Valley-based Valley Pride Inc., forced farm workers to plant date trees in Thermal in 116 degree ...
Fresno Bee: Rally for water rights hits downtown Fresno 2009-07-02
AG Kawamura, secretary of the California Department of Food and Agriculture and a speaker at the rally, empathized with Valley farmworker ...
News Today Online: Neg. Occ. to give rice subsidy to sugar farm workers 2009-07-02
By Bobby J. Mahadali BACOLOD CITY – The provincial government of Negros Occidental will release P15 million worth of rice subsidy to sugar farm worker ...
Kaiser Health News: New Kind of Film Noir: Health Care 2009-07-02
For instance, the makers of “Food, Inc.” have put forth an agenda, “Hungry for Change,” that calls for stronger laws to protect farm workers and discourage ...
SanFranciscoSentinel.com: SAN FRANCISCO MAYOR GAVIN NEWSOM ONE OF A CROWD OF COLORFUL ... 2009-07-02
Brown has ties to Hispanic leaders that date back to his work in the 1970s with César Chávez and the United Farm Workers. Villaraigosa's exit from the scene ...
KSEE: Rally for water in downtown Fresno 2009-07-02
Politicians, farmers, farm workers, and business people all called for federal and state officials to relax environmental rules, provide more money ...
Examiner.com: Illegal Immigration and sanity: Border Patrol in Northern Ohio. 2009-07-02
The “borderist's” ire should be directed at the Department of Agriculture that distributes not only handouts to “illegal” farm workers, but to the “citizen” ...
Durango Telegraph: The Independent Weekly Line on Durango and Beyond 2009-07-02
Consumers buy organic for several reasons, including lighter environmental impact, cleaner and safer working conditions for farm workers, and the perceived ...
New York Post: FAILING NY'S WORKING FAMILIES 2009-07-02
... in industrial-development agencies, ignoring the plight of farm workers and the failure to address the state's long-term structural revenue problems.
LubbockOnline.com: Farm worker critical after being hit by truck 2009-07-02
Ybarra was picking zucchini with other farm workers when he was hit, said Lorenzo Hernandez, a witness driving by when the crash occurred.
Modesto Bee: Water pumping restrictions to protect Delta smelt end 2009-07-02
Federal officials on Tuesday ended seasonal water pumping restrictions intended to protect the threatened Delta smelt.
Reuters: Argentine workers suspected of passing flu to pigs 2009-07-02
"Our theory is that the pigs were infected by the farm workers who had had flu symptoms a week before the pigs started to show symptoms," the Argentine ...
Contra Costa Times: Housing needs workshop scheduled for next week 2009-07-02
... high-housing cost burdens, housing needs for farm workers and the housing needs generated by the presence of Humboldt State University.
Monterey County Herald: Hundreds rally in Salinas for immigration reform 2009-07-02
Their stories, similar to those of millions of illegal immigrants in this country, were heard by hundreds of people gathered Wednesday at St. Mary of ...
The Packer: Crops & Markets California group pushes for Endangered Specie ... 2009-07-01
... what can be done that would modify “the Draconian measures that are being taken to try to save some of our farmworkers' jobs and our farms,” he said.
The Packer: Opinion Florida's tomato industry supports its workers 2009-07-01
“For nearly two seasons, the campaign's promise of fair wages for Florida's farmworkers has been held hostage by the Florida Tomato Growers Exchange,” he ...
Carlisle Sentinel: Suspected rebels kill family of 4 in India 2009-07-01
Most of the victims are small traders or farm workers. Last year, nearly 100 migrants were killed in such attacks. "We suspect rebels of the National ...
KMPH Fox 26: Interior Secretary Hears Water Plea 2009-07-01
"I care about the Valley, the farmers and the farmworkers." Salazar said his trip was aimed at listening to the needs of Valley farmers, announce some ...
Seattle Times: Foreign teachers: Shouldn't we be hiring US citizens instead? 2009-07-01
Politicians cry about illegal immigrants and their sad stories while they storm our streets and demand rights. Many of them have broken our law ...
Tallahassee Democrat: FAMU program aids area farms 2009-07-01
She said it's designed to assist and equip small farm populations, farm workers and their families. Taylor said the program's goal is to assist farmers ...
Washington Post Blogs: May Jobless Rates Rise In Most US Metro Areas 2009-07-01
... unemployment rate of 26.8 percent, thanks largely to out-of-work seasonal farm workers (a more useful number would be El Centro's non-farm payroll.
Ithaca Journal: Farm bill risky 2009-07-01
Proponents of these bills have all the best of intentions, but if they talk with actual farmers and farm workers, they would find out how devastating th ...
FOXBusiness: Burger: It is Time to Seat Al Franken in the US Senate 2009-07-01
... United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, United Farm Workers of America, and United Food and Commercial Workers International Union.
WSHM-TV: Springfield Cops On Trial For Alleged Theft 2009-07-01
The trial continues for two Springfield police officers accused of stealing money from three immigrant farm workers.
OPB News: What Is Cesar Chavez's Connection To Oregon? 2009-07-01
In 1971 Don Willner was a state senator who'd spent several years defending farm workers' rights. In the midst of a fierce legislative battle ...
Monthly Review: Agriculture and Food in Crisis 2009-07-01
... offers a diversity of microclimates for growing crops, and labor and sea transport are readily available.23 The poor condition of farm workers is one ...
Brisbane Times: Pocock no longer sleeps with gun under bed 2009-07-01
It was the farm workers and labourers who suffered the most, because they were the ones who were targeted. They lost their jobs, were abused ...
The Packer: Top Stories San Joaquin Valley water rally attracts 2000 2009-07-01
It included farm workers, growers and government officials. Comedian and grower-shipper Paul Rodriguez, who also is president of the Latino Water Coaliti ...
McClatchy Washington Bureau: GOP ads link Democratic lawmakers to California water crisis 2009-07-01
When our valley has no more water left for its farmers and its farm workers?" Costa declared during the June 17 House debate, adding that "this is not ...
In-Forum: Bismarck posts lowest unemployment rate in US 2009-07-01
Unemployment there is notoriously high because of many seasonal farm workers without jobs. Following behind was Yuma, Ariz., with a jobless rate of 23.3 ...
CBS 5: 4000 People March In Fresno Over Water Rules 2009-07-01
Read more in our Privacy Policy AP Nearly 4000 farmers, farmworkers and their supporters rallied at Fresno City Hall on Wednesday, calling on federal ...
Weekly Times Now: VFF's Nordic venture 2009-07-01
It represents farmers in negotiating wages and conditions for farm workers. Working through the NFF, the VFF represents Victorian farmers on matters ...
Valdosta State University: Student Collaborations Promote Migrant Health Care 2009-07-01
“By providing nursing care to the migrant farm workers of South Georgia, nursing students and nurses gain cultural competency to meet the health care need ...
KIMA CBS 29: Millions to Area Medical Programs 2009-07-01
The Yakima Valley Farm Workers Clinic will get the most grant money in the state. That means the outside of the Women's Clinic in Grandview is going to look ...
The Salinas Californian: Congressman Farr to attend immigration forum today in Salinas 2009-07-01
Hundreds of people are expected to attend the public event which is sponsored by the UFW and Central Coast Coalition for Immigration Reform. Farm worker ...
Zim Online: When truth becomes casualty 2009-07-01
Farm workers were beaten and bones were broken. One of our workers was left with a fractured skull and another with a broken foot. Some were imprisoned ...
The Salinas Californian: Farr to join immigration forum in east Salinas tonight 2009-07-01
Hundreds of farm workers, students and other community members are expected to gather inside St. Mary of the Nativity's church in east Salinas to listen ...
Free Times: USC Students Swap Beach for Farm 2009-07-01
Driven by a desire to both give back and expand their own horizons, Walton, Warren and Wright are interning with Student Action for Farmworkers (SAF)
Courthouse News Service: Workers Allegedly Dusted With Herbicide 2009-07-01
SEATTLE (CN) - A crop duster sprayed a toxic herbicide on farm workers who were taking a lunch break in an apple orchard ...
guardian.co.uk: Country diary Foulis Point 2009-07-01
The grain was then handed out to farm workers as wages. There were also sales for export by sea so it was important for the girnels to be near the coast ...
Los Angeles Times: Unions hope to organize Inland Empire warehouse workers 2009-07-01
"There needs to be a general union movement. We expect to have a long-term campaign there." Retailers said the best way to raise living standards ...
ABC30.com: Group Plans to March for Water 2009-07-01
The coalitions claim that the water shortage has resulted in massive unemployment among farm workers is also under dispute.
Visayan Daily Star: Master list on sugar workers out 2009-07-01
Grown up children of farm workers tend to work outside the province, particularly in Metro Manila, and are vulnerable to exploitation and trafficking ...
Indianapolis Star: Chrysler idling brings dubious distinction 2009-07-01
Unemployment there is notoriously high because of many seasonal farm workers without jobs. Following behind were Yuma, Ariz., 23.3 percent; and Kokomo ...
Politicsweb: We'll continue to expose DA's racist practices - COSATU NW 2009-07-01
These killings, assaults and abuse of farm workers in the province are let by racist farmers. Hatting's personal attack on the COSATU Provincial Secretary ...
Bakersfield Now: Nearly 4000 people march in Fresno for water 2009-07-01
Thousands of farmers, farm workers and their supporters march to protest water shortages Wednesday in Fresno. (AP Photo/Gary Kazanjian) By TRACIE CONE ...
KMPH Fox 26: The Fight for Water Continues in Fresno 2009-07-01
Wednesday's rally is also expected to draw several Hollywood celebrities, but organizers say the real stars will be the farmers and farm workers personally ...
CBS 47: CBS47 Wednesday Evening News Update 2009-07-01
Thousands turned out for the rally at Fresno City Hall; farmers, farm workers, growers, concerned citizens, actors and politicians all turned out to send ...
Fiji Times: Area quarantined, cows culled as officers work to contain disease 2009-07-01
"We advise those farm workers not to touch the calves or clean the cows because that is one way the bacteria can infect humans," Dr Achari said.
Freelance UK: Exposé on corporate pig farming is finally broadcast 2009-07-01
She trotted out a host of scientists, academics, animal welfare experts, former factory farm workers and people living near the factories in support of her ...
Duke Chronicle: Farmer comes full circle as a Trustee 2009-07-01
During his four years as an undergraduate, he carved a path at the University all his own, working with impoverished migrant farm workers from Haiti ...
Memphis Daily News: Loyal Featherstone Faces Foreclosure on Nine Lots 2009-07-01
Unemployment there is notoriously high because of many seasonal farm workers without jobs. The US unemployment rate climbed to a quarter-century high of 9.4 ...
AXcess News: US non-farm payrolls improving, says ADP June payroll report 2009-07-01
The closely watched ADP monthly payroll report on non-farm workers was released prior to the Department of Labor's monthly payroll report, which is due ...
KMPH Fox 26: Water March Draws Thousands In Downtown Fresno 2009-07-01
According to the Mayor's Office, around 3500-4000 people came out for the march; a mixture of farmers, farmworkers and concerned Californian's with some ...
abc7news.com: Delta pumps are turned back on 2009-07-01
Water is now flowing into the San Joaquin Delta. On Wednesday, at two water stations in Tracy, pumps were turned on. They had been shut off until now ...
2009-07-01: Headlines
Monthly Review: Agriculture and Food in Crisis 2009-07-01
Agrofuel production looked very appealing as the United States and the European Union sought to break the influence of oil producing countries and promote ...
Los Angeles Times: Unions hope to organize Inland Empire warehouse workers 2009-07-01
... the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union, the United Farm Workers of America and the International Brotherhood of Teamster ...
WSHM-TV: Springfield Cops On Trial For Alleged Theft 2009-07-01
The trial continues for two Springfield police officers accused of stealing money from three immigrant farm workers.
Indianapolis Star: Chrysler idling brings dubious distinction 2009-07-01
Unemployment there is notoriously high because of many seasonal farm workers without jobs. Following behind were Yuma, Ariz., 23.3 percent; and Kokomo ...
Politicsweb: We'll continue to expose da's racist practices - COSATU NW 2009-07-01
These killings, assaults and abuse of farm workers in the province are let by racist farmers. Hatting's personal attack on the COSATU Provincial Secretary ...
OPB News: What Is Cesar Chavez's Connection To Oregon? 2009-07-01
In 1971 Don Willner was a state senator who'd spent several years defending farm workers' rights. In the midst of a fierce legislative battle ...
KMPH Fox 26: The Fight for Water Continues in Fresno 2009-07-01
Wednesday's rally is also expected to draw several Hollywood celebrities, but organizers say the real stars will be the farmers and farm workers personally ...
Visayan Daily Star: Master list on sugar workers out 2009-07-01
Grown up children of farm workers tend to work outside the province, particularly in Metro Manila, and are vulnerable to exploitation and trafficking ...
Ithaca Journal: Farm bill risky 2009-07-01
Proponents of these bills have all the best of intentions, but if they talk with actual farmers and farm workers, they would find out how devastating th ...
ABC30.com: Group Plans to March for Water 2009-07-01
The coalitions claim that the water shortage has resulted in massive unemployment among farm workers is also under dispute.
KIMA CBS 29: Millions to Area Medical Programs 2009-07-01
The Yakima Valley Farm Workers Clinic will get the most grant money in the state. That means the outside of the Women's Clinic in Grandview is going to look ...
abc7news.com: Farmers angry over water restrictions 2009-06-30
A couple of hundred farmers and farm workers marched in front of the Federal Building shouting "turn on the pumps." The pumps they're talking about are ...
Yakima Herald-Republic: Obama taps Valley man to head rural housing agency 2009-06-30
That agency, which just celebrated its 10th anniversary, provides affordable housing to more than 1100 farm workers and senior citizens throughout ...
PR Newswire (press release): Burger: It is Time to Seat Al Franken in the US Senate 2009-06-30
... United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, United Farm Workers of America, and United Food and Commercial Workers International Union.
The News International: 'Voters lose trust in Afghan poll' 2009-06-30
Most of the victims are small traders or farm workers. MINSK: President Alexander Lukashenko said on Tuesday that US sanctions against Belarus had to ...
The Packer: California group pushes for Endangered Species activation 2009-06-30
... what can be done that would modify “the Draconian measures that are being taken to try to save some of our farmworkers' jobs and our farms,” he said.
BurlingtonFreePress.com: Farm housing in short supply 2009-06-30
Offering housing along with the stipend would make the job more attractive to potential farm workers, he said. Lindsay Harris, another Hinesburg farmer ...
KCRA.com: Farm Advocates: Vines Don't Count As Shade 2009-06-30
Three years after California put rules in place to help protect farm workers, some proposed changes are coming under fire. In 2006, California became ...
The Associated Press: Suspected rebels kill family of 4 in India 2009-06-30
Most of the victims are small traders or farm workers. Last year, nearly 100 migrants were killed in such attacks. "We suspect rebels of the National ...
SW Radio Africa: Government urged to compensate farm workers over job losses 2009-06-30
The unity government has this week been urged to initiate moves to compensate tens of thousands of farm workers, who have lost their jobs as ...
OregonLive.com: Chavez and 39th: O ye of little historical significance 2009-06-30
The City's process has stirred up a storm of anger directed at immigrants and farmworkers in general, and against Mexican and Mexican American people ...
The Daily News Online: Of government, schools and farmers 2009-06-30
Farm workers union -- saved the worst for last. What are you thinking! Farmers are going out of business as fast as they can 'cause they can't make end ...
The Associated Press: Housing, auto fallout lifts metro jobless rates 2009-06-30
Unemployment there is notoriously high because of many seasonal farm workers without jobs. Following behind were Yuma, Ariz., with a jobless rate of 23.3 ...
Animal Friends Pet Insurance: Narrow escape for brave kittens 2009-06-30
A trio of plucky kittens have been spared from certain death after they were discovered nestled within a working combine harvester by farm workers - just ...
Medscape: Effectiveness of Cultivando La Salud: A Breast and Cervical Cancer ... 2009-06-30
Using intervention mapping to develop a breast and cervical cancer screening program for Hispanic farmworkers: Cultivando La Salud. Health Promot Pract.
Frontline: Promised land 2009-06-30
Farm workers in most of the villages had been demanding a minimum wage. The average wage for a male worker is Rs.70 or Rs.80 a day and the women are paid ...
Herald de Paris: Tu Homie: The Resurrection of Producer Dennis Leoni 2009-06-30
There are many other elements to the story, including a side of the family that becomes involved in the struggle of the migrant farm workers.
The Salinas Californian: Soapbox: Public invited to preview of 'Vinegar in the Valley' 2009-06-30
"Vinegar in the Valley" charts the rise of the United Farm Workers movement, the rise to power of farm labor leader Cesar Chavez, and its effect on ...
Frontline: Kilns of bondage 2009-06-30
The trend could not be reversed without proper planning and implementation of job schemes for the rural poor, particularly farm workers, he said.
2009-06-30: Headlines
abc7news.com: Farmers angry over water restrictions 2009-06-30
It's people versus people, jobs versus jobs and food versus food," said Pool. It's not just salmon and smelt that are declining. Last week, State Fish ...
KCRA.com: Farm Advocates: Vines Don't Count As Shade 2009-06-30
Three years after California put rules in place to help protect farm workers, some proposed changes are coming under fire. In 2006, California became ...
BurlingtonFreePress.com: Farm housing in short supply 2009-06-30
Offering housing along with the stipend would make the job more attractive to potential farm workers, he said. Lindsay Harris, another Hinesburg farmer ...
Tallahassee Democrat: FAMU program helps area farms 2009-06-30
She said it's designed to assist and equip small farm populations, farm workers and their families. Taylor said the program's goal is to assist farmers ...
Yakima Herald-Republic: Obama taps Valley man to head rural housing agency 2009-06-30
That agency, which just celebrated its 10th anniversary, provides affordable housing to more than 1100 farm workers and senior citizens throughout ...
Medscape: Effectiveness of Cultivando La Salud: A Breast and Cervical Cancer ... 2009-06-30
Using intervention mapping to develop a breast and cervical cancer screening program for Hispanic farmworkers: Cultivando La Salud. Health Promot Pract.
KMPH Fox 26: Interior Secretary Hears Water Plea 2009-06-30
"I care about the Valley, the farmers and the farmworkers." Salazar said his trip was aimed at listening to the needs of Valley farmers, announce some ...
Washington Post: Suspected rebels kill family of 4 in India 2009-06-30
Most of the victims are small traders or farm workers. Last year, nearly 100 migrants were killed in such attacks. "We suspect rebels of the National ...
OregonLive.com: Chavez and 39th: O ye of little historical significance 2009-06-30
The City's process has stirred up a storm of anger directed at immigrants and farmworkers in general, and against Mexican and Mexican American people ...
Taiwan Review: Receive Taiwan Review by e-mail : 2009-06-30
For instance, he learned from new immigrants from Vietnam that the ornamental waterweed velvetleaf, also known as yellow bur-head, is called cu neo or keo ...
Chattanooga Times Free Press: Foreign farm worker pay rises 2009-06-29
Dawson Morton, senior staff attorney for the farm workers rights division of Georgia Legal Services, said there have been a lot of applications from U ...
Norfolk Eastern Daily Press: Honouring Norfolk farmworkers' champion 2009-06-29
During Saturday's talk the harsh conditions of farm workers caused by the great depression of the late 19th century were compared with the experiences ...
The Register-Guard: Survey counts up 'green' jobsNearly 3 percent of employment ... 2009-06-29
The balance that community colleges are trying to strike is getting workers trained while waiting for green jobs to emerge, she said.
Zimbabwe Times: Trade union boss bemoans loss of jobs 2009-06-29
“The land reform programme which took place in the name of addressing the historical injustices, has made hundreds of thousands farm workers unemployed ...
WOWK: Two Former Turkey Farm Workers Sentenced for Animal Cruelty 2009-06-29
The incident was caught on PETA video in the Fall of 2008 at Aviagen Turkeys Inc. LEWISBURG -- Two former West Virginia turkey farm workers have been ...
Mount Airy News: Night clinic to open for farm workers 2009-06-29
DOBSON — Migrant farm workers will soon have an inexpensive way to get health care at a night clinic to be offered by the Surry County ...
The Virtual Medical Centre: Female farm workers at highest risk of leukaemia 2009-06-29
Agricultural workers have the highest incidence of leukaemia of all New Zealand occupation groups, probably because of their exposure to chemical ...
Visalia Times-Delta: 'Card check' threatens labor law's security 2009-06-29
The real cause of the decline and lack of acceptance of the primary union in agriculture, the United Farm Workers, is its incompetence, poor organizing ...
The Nation.: Chipotle Injustice 2009-06-29
Chipotle, however, the country's fastest-growing fast food chain, has resisted efforts by farm-workers demanding a lasting commitment to ending the brutal ...
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle: Brockport's Bienvenida event welcomes migrant workers 2009-06-29
Workers who arrive in the area each summer to fill jobs in the fields, factories and warehouses of local farms were honored Sunday by the people ...
USA Today: Battle over water heats up in drought-stricken California 2009-06-29
... and five days after state agriculture officials held hearings in Mendota, where idled farm workers contribute to a 40% unemployment rate.
TheTyee.ca: Setback for Historic Effort to Unionize Guest Farm Workers 2009-06-29
Ontario ruling, both of which recognized significant legal rights for farm workers seeking to organize. Farmworkers have long been seen as one of the most ...
The Batavian: ACLU - Movies That Illustrate Prominent Civil Liberty Issues 2009-06-29
Matewan (1987) - This film tells the story of 1920s West Virginia coal miners struggling to form a union. Based on an actual incident, the movie stars Jame ...
PR Newswire (press release): Rogers Estate Coffees Launches "Buy One, Get One Free" Promoti ... 2009-06-29
"Anyone who purchases our coffees helps to raise the quality of life for coffee farm workers and their families and preserve our dwindling natural resource ...
South Asian Observer: Set back to Efforts to Unionize Migrant Farm Workers 2009-06-29
A debate has been triggered once again on the protections available to Canadian workers being provided to migrant farm workers with efforts to unionise them ...
Bay Area Indymedia: Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar Holds Town Hall in Fresno 2009-06-29
Arnold Schwarzenegger said these words on April 17 at the San Luis Reservoir, following a four-day grower-funded march in which non-union farmworkers ...
Newspaper Tree: The Lion's Den: A polarized community and recruiting a challenger 2009-06-29
People who know me know that I often use the iconic phrase of Cesar Chavez and the United Farmworkers' Union, Si Se Puede. But when it comes to taking out ...
2009-06-29: Headlines
Zimbabwe Times: Trade union boss bemoans loss of jobs 2009-06-29
“The land reform programme which took place in the name of addressing the historical injustices, has made hundreds of thousands farm workers unemployed ...
Norfolk Eastern Daily Press: Honouring Norfolk farmworkers' champion 2009-06-29
During Saturday's talk the harsh conditions of farm workers caused by the great depression of the late 19th century were compared with the experiences ...
Chattanooga Times Free Press: Foreign farm worker pay rises 2009-06-29
Dawson Morton, senior staff attorney for the farm workers rights division of Georgia Legal Services, said there have been a lot of applications from U ...
TheTyee.ca: Setback for Historic Effort to Unionize Guest Farm Workers 2009-06-29
The UFCW's attempt to organize BC farm workers is not the first such effort. In 1980 the Canadian Farmworkers Union was formed in BC, kicking off more th ...
KMPH Fox 26: Interior Secretary Hears Water Plea 2009-06-29
"I care about the Valley, the farmers and the farmworkers." Salazar said his trip was aimed at listening to the needs of Valley farmers, announce some ...
Mount Airy News: Night clinic to open for farm workers 2009-06-29
DOBSON — Migrant farm workers will soon have an inexpensive way to get health care at a night clinic to be offered by the Surry County ...
Mail Tribune: 8. In Mecca, hope withers on the lucrative grape vine 2009-06-28
In the 1960s, Cesar Chavez and the United Farm Workers of America turned working and living conditions of grape pickers into a potent symbol of rural ...
Inquirer.net: It'll be a laborer vs Iggy in Negros 2009-06-28
The family of Iggy Arroyo has large landholdings—mostly sugar plantations—on the island, parts of which farm workers have been trying to take over via ...
ENC Today: Toppin' and suckerin' 2009-06-28
Six of his farm workers started about 6:30 am Thursday, working in a nearly 20-acre field off Hardy Bridge Road, pulling off by hand the "tops" - flower ...
TMCnet: Suing for Peace: Injunction sought to limit Norte?o gang' ... 2009-06-28
NORTEnOS A group of inmates at Folsom State Prison formed Nuestra Familia, Our Family, in 1968 because they wanted to strike back at the Mexican Mafia.
Daily Mail: Giant compost heaps could raise risk of skin and lung conditions 2009-06-28
Giant compost heaps used to recycle garden waste and leftover food could be harming the health of those living nearby, experts have warned.
BlueRidgeNow.com: Safety first promoted on the farm 2009-06-28
The day is “to have a festival for health and safety for the Hispanic and Latino farm workers,” said Sue Colucci, area specialized agent for agriculture ...
San Francisco Chronicle: Obama's courtiers a royal pain for NAACP 2009-06-28
Thanks to his long history with the United Farm Workers Union, Jerry will get all the key Latino endorsements. On the other hand, how big will the Latino ...
2TheAdvocate: Business Briefs for June 28, 2009 2009-06-28
A Canadian-based fast-food concept, Extreme Pita, has opened its first Baton Rouge restaurant on Essen Lane north of Perkins Road, with plans up to 10 ...